HarlemHottie
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Where does it say they all had the agency to stop being a slave whenever they wanted to?
I have posted several series of receipts right here, just search my name itt, but I'll outline my argument, again.1. She and her brother were in France for two years. At the time, it would have been legal for them to just walk away. They were free in France. They both had highly coveted skills, he was a chef, she could have found a nice position as the ladies maid of a rich woman (a good job for a regular girl back then) until he jumped off proper. They knew, and were liked by, Jefferson's rich friends. They knew the language. Instead, she negotiated her terms, what she needed to return to Monticello. At 15!
2. I'm not sure about when they got back to Monticello, but I do know that her eldest son 'ran away', but was not chased. A year later, the overseer gave her daughter $1000 in today's money, put her in a carriage, and sent her to go live with her brother.
Does this sound like the slavery we all know? Or does it sound like 'something else'?
There [in France] she enjoyed certain privileges and saw the kind of freedom she wanted for herself and her future children. Thus, when Jefferson asked her to return with him to Virginia two and a half years later, she refused. It was possible for an enslaved person residing in France to sue for their freedom, since American slavery laws were not recognized or upheld there.
It’s unclear whether Hemings’ refusal was an overt bargaining chip or not, notes historian Annette Gordon-Reed of Harvard, who has written extensively of the Jefferson-Hemings relationship. Hemings was 16 and pregnant with his child. But Jefferson made a “solemn pledge” to her that if she returned, she would be granted “extraordinary privileges” and their children would be freed at age 21. Madison Hemings described their agreement as a “treaty.”
https://www.history.com/news/slavery-negotiations-freedom-concubines-thomas-jefferson-sally-hemings
It’s unclear whether Hemings’ refusal was an overt bargaining chip or not, notes historian Annette Gordon-Reed of Harvard, who has written extensively of the Jefferson-Hemings relationship. Hemings was 16 and pregnant with his child. But Jefferson made a “solemn pledge” to her that if she returned, she would be granted “extraordinary privileges” and their children would be freed at age 21. Madison Hemings described their agreement as a “treaty.”
https://www.history.com/news/slavery-negotiations-freedom-concubines-thomas-jefferson-sally-hemings
2. I'm not sure about when they got back to Monticello, but I do know that her eldest son 'ran away', but was not chased. A year later, the overseer gave her daughter $1000 in today's money, put her in a carriage, and sent her to go live with her brother.
While Jefferson did not legally free Harriet, in 1822 when she was 21, he aided her "escape".[1] He saw that she was put in a stage coach and given $50 for her journey. Her brother Madison Hemings later said she had gone to Washington, DC, to join their older brother Beverley Hemings, who had similarly left Monticello earlier that year. Both entered into white society and married white partners of good circumstances.
Harriet Hemings - Wikipedia
Harriet Hemings - Wikipedia
Does this sound like the slavery we all know? Or does it sound like 'something else'?do you think if any of these women Sally Hemming in particular had said no that it would have been the end of the owners pursuit?
She literally WAS FREE and set the terms of her concubinage. Are you just choosing to ignore that?Not sure why you bringing up other ppl, my contention has always been that the Hemmings family enjoyed some 'special arrangement', as is borne out by the historical record.
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. One of the husbands voted for Trump
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L's all around...smh
black women hating black men yet I've never seen this type in public